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The Motley Fool August 11, 2004 Jeff Hwang	Buy the World Poker Tour? The World Poker Tour made its successful IPO, though its market debut was a flop. Buy it or wait-and-see?
The Motley Fool February 9, 2004 Bill Mann	Sickly Sweet Stock Split Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory splits a $13 stock "to increase shareholder value." But in this case, splitting the stock does nothing of the sort.
The Motley Fool January 8, 2004 Jeff Hwang	Betting on the World Poker Tour Lakes Entertainment's core business has potential to deliver tremendous upside.
The Motley Fool May 18, 2004 Jeff Hwang	Lakes Goes "All In" Lakes Entertainment, which develops and manages Native American-owned casinos, takes a step closer to profitability with its new table game.
The Motley Fool June 29, 2004 Jeff Hwang	Playing on Poker's Draw It's poker time again. Where should investors look to capitalize on its popularity?
The Motley Fool June 24, 2004 Jeff Hwang	Setbacks for Lakes Entertainment One casino project has fallen through and another might be delayed. Now what?
The Motley Fool March 3, 2005 Jeff Hwang	Vicksburg a Big Step for Lakes Lakes gets approval for a resort-style casino in Vicksburg, Miss. It's a big step toward fulfilling the company's promise and supporting the stock's valuation.
The Motley Fool March 4, 2005 Jeff Hwang	More Shuffle Master Split Madness Despite the company's listing it as such, a stock split is not an accomplishment.
The Motley Fool August 30, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Dealing Gems Casino equipment specialist Shuffle Master has been turning up aces. The company has nickel-and-dimed its way to Wall Street prosperity by providing card-shuffling equipment and game tables to casinos.
The Motley Fool January 10, 2005 Jeff Hwang	ESPN Goes "On Tilt" ESPN capitalizes on poker's popularity with a new poker drama from the writers of "Rounders." In addition to ESPN and Harrah's, the boom in poker's popularity sparked by the WSOP and the World Poker Tour has been a boon to a wide variety of gaming companies.
The Motley Fool December 10, 2004 Jeff Hwang	Shuffle Master Shuffles On The card shuffler maker and table games developer posts solid growth, though outlook disappoints.
The Motley Fool January 12, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Seven Card Dud Binion's Horseshoe casino is out of luck, but the stock of Lakes Entertainment shows that poker is still a good card to hold.
The Motley Fool January 12, 2004 Jeff Hwang	Don't Go "On Tilt" Think you missed an opportunity? Resist jumping in -- reevaluate first.
The Motley Fool March 1, 2004 Bill Mann	Rocky Mountain Chocolate: Final Nugget In the author's opinion, the chocolate comapny needs to work on it's chocolate marketing and less on it's stock marketing.
The Motley Fool December 18, 2003 Jeff Hwang	Shuffle Master Shuffles Up This exceptionally profitable player in the gaming industry dominates two growing niches.
The Motley Fool September 22, 2005 Jeff Hwang	Get WPT's Online Business Free Last month, at $13 per share, it was suggested that World Poker Tour Enterprises was a hit-or-miss stock. With shares now under $9, is it finally worth a look? You shouldn't pay a dime for it -- and you may not have to.
The Motley Fool June 2, 2004 Tim Beyers	WPT Smackdown The Feds crack down on online gambling, but the World Poker Tour could benefit.
The Motley Fool February 13, 2004 Jeff Hwang	Taser's Split Madness Stock splits don't create value, but try telling that to Taser investors.
The Motley Fool August 4, 2004 Jeff Hwang	Should Investors Avoid Mikohn? The gaming company's focus on the stock price makes an already unattractive company easy to bypass.
The Motley Fool August 24, 2005 Jeff Hwang	WPT: Bet, Check, or Fold? If World Poker Tour's new online business is worth anything, the stock has its upside. If not, the stock is worth about half its current market value. Place your bets.
The Motley Fool September 22, 2004 Bill Mann	A Not-So-Bad Reverse Split While investors generally believe a reverse split is always bad, it's not in ALLETE's case.
The Motley Fool September 16, 2004 Jeff Hwang	Milking the World Series of Poker Owning the World Series of Poker has been a major competitive score for Harrah's.
The Motley Fool July 19, 2005 Lawrence Meyers	Investing in Online Gambling Gambling and investing don't have to be mutually exclusive. Investors interested in Party Gaming will need to check with their brokers about buying stocks on the London exchanges.
The Motley Fool September 13, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Fake Football Follies Sportsline.com's managing editor offered a humbling correction after a blunder that sent fantasy football fans scrambling.
The Motley Fool June 17, 2004 Tim Beyers	Mandalay Says "I Do" The land of drive-through weddings witnesses its largest merger ever. The board of Mandalay Resort Group has accepted MGM Mirage's $7.9 billion merger proposal
The Motley Fool May 10, 2006 Jeff Hwang	The Southern Gaming Summit: Part 2 Here, the author discusses Lightning Poker and the future of the electronic, fully automated poker table and its impact on the industry.
AskMen.com Steve Seepersaud	Poker Mania Worth Millions Today's game is far from penny ante. It's serious business with serious rewards, as shown in this look at some of the insane money associated with the poker craze. And supporting businesses are profiting as well as the players and tour backers.
The Motley Fool July 28, 2005	Buying Stock Around Splits Is it better to buy a company before or after it splits? That's like asking, "Should I eat this peanut butter and jelly sandwich before or after mom cuts it in half?"
The Motley Fool February 3, 2006 Jeff Hwang	Gaming Roundup: Industry Is on the Move Investors, take note: Casino hotel opens on the Strip... Boyd completes $170 million expansion... WPT Enterprises Deal... etc.
The Motley Fool April 5, 2004 Seth Jayson	Mandalay Hotels Bring Jackpot An earnings preview boosts the stock to a new high, and other casinos join the game.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2004 Jeff Hwang	You Say Gambling, I Say Gaming Don't be mistaken, gaming is an entertainment business.
The Motley Fool April 12, 2004 Jeff Hwang	Casinos Get Greedy Today, casinos tend to market themselves as entertainment, rather than strictly to "losers." Unfortunately, some casinos still treat their guests like suckers.
The Motley Fool July 27, 2004 Tom Taulli	Hey, Google: How High Is Too High? The company dominated the headlines once again, with the stock going out at triple digits.
The Motley Fool May 27, 2004	Why Companies Split Stock Don't get excited when a stock of yours splits -- it's no big deal.
The Motley Fool July 6, 2004 Phil Wohl	Not Totally Entertained Total Entertainment Restaurant's earnings for the second quarter fall short.
The Motley Fool April 3, 2006	Why Companies Split Don't let stock splits get you unnecessarily excited. It's always fun to suddenly own more shares, but splits are like getting four quarters for a dollar.
The Motley Fool August 23, 2004 Jeff Hwang	California's Casino Boom Deals with Native American tribes boost further expansion of gaming in the state.
The Motley Fool April 27, 2004 Steven Mallas	Google's Getting Closer Let the madness begin over the famous search engine's potential IPO. But be forewarned.
The Motley Fool August 12, 2005 Jeff Hwang	Poker Writers: Please Curb Your Enthusiasm Think poker's popularity has gotten out of hand? Here's some evidence: Just look at the recent influx of poker material in the financial press. This author proclaims that it's about time for the poker stock writers' bubble to burst.
The Motley Fool August 3, 2004 Tom Taulli	Google's Virtual Casino The Google IPO offering is a game for the pros. It's not for individual investors. Be patient, and reevaluate at the end of the year. Google may be a great company, but don't let yourself get caught up in the hype of Google's public debut.
The Motley Fool July 11, 2005 Jeff Hwang	Brunson Bid Pumps WPT Enterprises Poker legend leads unsolicited $700 million bid for the company behind the World Poker tour. For WPT shareholders, the offer is worth consideration.
The Motley Fool November 5, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Taser for Half the Price For the third time this year, the company is splitting its stock.
The Motley Fool September 22, 2004	The Scoop on Splits Stock splits are much less meaningful than most people think.
The Motley Fool September 24, 2004 Bill Mann	Where'd the Term 'Blue Chip' Come From? Even at the turn of the century, there existed an unmistakable allusion between the stock market and gambling. What's funny, though, is that the only "chip" designation was for companies deemed to be the safest, well-known companies that had histories of making dividend payments.
BusinessWeek May 29, 2006 Gene G. Marcial	Harrah's Monopoly Win The four-way bidding war for casino owner Aztar may prove a bonanza for Harrah's Entertainment, a top gambling outfit since it bought Caesars Entertainment last June.
The Motley Fool February 20, 2004 Whitney Tilson	Bearish Options Strategies Whitney Tilson explains why he purchased put options on two tech-heavy indexes. As a general rule, I do not recommend buying options. They're illiquid, the bid-ask spreads are murderous, and it's always dangerous to have time working against you. It's hard enough to be right on the direction of a stock's movement, much less being right on the timing as well. But in the case of long-term puts on the Nasdaq 100 and the Semiconductor Holdrs Trust, the risk-reward equation is simply too attractive.
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InternetNews December 15, 2005 Tim Gray	Microsoft's New-Look Digital Deck In an attempt to keep pace with Apple and Sony in the digital entertainment space, Microsoft has split its entertainment and devices division into four businesses.